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Unlike the MPAA we do not assign one inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest, depending on quantity and context.

A perfectionist chef (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is so paranoid she's unable to trust anyone and suspects everyone who might threaten her position. When her sister dies in a car accident and she is left to care for her young niece (Abigail Breslin) she struggles with the day-to-day complications of childcare and career, until a charming sous chef (Aaron Eckhart) is hired to help in her kitchen. Initial resistance gives way to love. Also with Patricia Clarkson and Jennifer Wade. Directed by Scott Hicks. [1:45]

SEX/NUDITY 4 - A man feeds a woman sauce from a spoon while she is blindfolded, he then tastes the sauce and kisses her; they kiss passionately and caress each other's faces and necks, and it is implied that they have had sex when he is still with her in the morning.► A woman goes to a man's apartment, he opens the door, they talk, she enters, they move close to each other, the door closes and it is implied that they have sex.► A man and a woman kiss in several scenes. A man and a woman kiss goodnight. A woman kisses a man on the cheek.► Women wear low-cut tops and dresses that reveal cleavage in several scenes.► A man leans over to pick up his scarf, a woman sitting near the scarf thinks that he is leaning over to kiss her and moves toward him, but he is not (he takes his scarf and leaves).► A woman tells a man that he was right about sex being better while listening to Pavarotti. A man asks a woman out on a date, and she declines. A woman talks briefly about bondage movies. A woman talks about a man staring at her breasts while she serves him in a restaurant.

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VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A young girl is told that her mother died in a car accident, and she cries. A woman gets news of a car accident that has left her sister dead and her niece in the hospital (we see the young girl in a hospital bed with scratches on her face).► A young girl becomes angry and disappointed, and runs away from her aunt and into a busy street (cars honk and speed by but she is not harmed).► A woman panics when she cannot find her niece, and she and a man search for her and find her at a cemetery visiting her mother's grave.► A man is insulting to a chef, the chef brings a raw steak on a fork to his table, slams it down in front of him and then pulls the tablecloth off the table in a rage. A man is insulting to a chef and her food, the chef argues with him and he is dismissive as he leaves the restaurant angrily. A man and a woman argue. A woman argues with another woman in several scenes.► A woman holding a sharp knife talks to a man and appears threatening. A woman and a girl have a pillow fight until the pillows release their feathers.► A woman forgets to pick up her young niece from school and the girl is angry when she finally arrives.► A woman cries uncontrollably over the death of her sister. A young girl does not eat for several days. People gather and mourn at a funeral.► A young girl talks about fearing that she will forget her mother. A woman talks about her mother having died when she was young. A woman talks about a chef throwing plates at her. A young woman says that the book she is reading is about rapidly mutating deadly viruses. A woman practices lines from a play that include references to abuse.► A woman describes methods of roasting a hen and talks about one method that's to cook it in a pig's bladder. A young girl is alarmed when a whole fish on a plate is placed in front of her. A pregnant woman's water breaks (nothing is shown).► A Goth teenager (wearing black lipstick and a nose ring) arrives to baby-sit for a young girl and the young girl seems alarmed by her appearance.

SUBSTANCE USE - A man and a woman drink brandy, a man and a woman drink wine together and the woman appears drunk (she's stumbling a bit), and people are shown drinking wine in several restaurant scenes. A woman finds an ashtray filled with cigarette butts left by a babysitter in her apartment.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Death of a sibling, death of a parent, caring for a child, single parenting, grief, responsibility, making mistakes, master chefs, the restaurant business, Psychotherapy, love, trust, fear of trusting, rules.

A CAVEAT: We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and some of our early standards were not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period. While we plan to revisit and correct older reviews our resources are limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.

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